Texas school criticised over football stadium expense
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- In Texas, where the unofficial state motto is "the bigger, the better", a war over high school football stadiums is playing out off the field.
One school district spent $60m on their arena. The action it has got people wondering if the money could have been better spent elsewhere.
Al Jazeera's Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from Allen, Texas.
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Do people not understand that they sell hundreds of thousands of tickets (not to mention sponsorships) which make truckloads of money for the district?
KG true
Awaiting Deactivation look I am an Allen Eagle. We actually have great teachers, as well as a very strong education rates. So you are very incorrect
yeah and besides mckinney hosts the d2 & d3 national championships now so theyre profiting big time
That they don't use for the school. Their cheerleading coach was fired for money laundering. It's corrupt with zero oversight.
If you don't live in Texas and never experienced Friday night lights than don't comment.
Seabass Cribel lmao Allen is one of the top districts in the nation when it comes to education.
Raf Zero j
On God bro
@Seabass Cribel DISD is infamous for having some of the worst schools academically in the state.
@@johnnyappleseed4794 DISD has nothing to do with Allen. Allen is a completely separate entity. DISD is one of the reasons people moved to Allen.
Every thing is bigger in Texas 😂😂
GMUZZZ truth
It is
Yessir
Why does no one explain how funding works in Texas. We literally can't spend more on education. We are taxed to the max, and actually, part of our tax dollars (for teachers, et al) are redirected to poorer schools. The athletic complex (more than just a stadium) is an entirely separate funding source; separate tax. The two revenue streams, by state law, cannot be shared.
Incomplete news reporting.
That’s cool, do y’all get like owners just as the NFL does.
It’s still a ridiculous amount of tax to ask the same players playing in the stadium repay over their lives.
The thing is, the stadium brings money in. I don't agree that they should have spent this much but at the end of the day you have to realize that this is Texas... they love their football
They'll make double the money back in ticket sales and sponsors over the life time of that stadium.
U have my name cool
Way more than double
Allen High School is the single largest high school in all of Texas, and one of the largest in the United States with about 6,300 students 9-12. The voters who approved the stadium barely saw any tax increase individually because there are almost 100,000 residents in Allen; they also have the largest marching band in the world with over 800 members. Allen ISD also is one of the highest performing districts in Texas as well. McKinney ISD spent $10million more on their stadium, but it holds far less people and will not be nearly as big as the Allen one lol.
4zamSh geez luis and I thought Duncanville high had a lot of kids
Aidan McGlothlin how many baddies in Allen?
True allen high school lunchroom is a food court
Um as a fellow high school student in Texas, I can guarantee you that we do NOT have one of the worst schooling system in the country, not even close. in fact a handful of Texas public schools are ranked top 1% in the country. Not sure where your getting your "facts"
Gary W how do you know
Allen is probably getting hella money from each and every game.
lol I live in Allen and im at the stadium right now
Mo Mo A-Up
First off all these stadiums you hear about are all Voted on by tax payers.
Second, these are not poor towns lol they have money to do what with the way they want to, but before you get all high and mighty about the "education" these are not bonds that are for the stadiums only these schools get major upgrades to there facilities and help pay for quality teachers.
In the end you can be made at Federal and state officials on not doing more in education but these stadiums are voted on and paid for by the tax payers of there cities. You dont like it, to bad you dont live there.
Corey King I actually live in Allen and just became a junior at Allen HS. Yes you are right, however our education ratings are very high. We are ranked number 1 in the nation for Academics
RainbowDiamond25 MC
Number 1 for academics? Are you sure about that? Prepatory colleges or even private schools should be better than public school in terms of education. You may be a student from Allen but don’t be bias.
Me, the one who actually lives here
Why are they being criticized when they sell at that stadium all the time...
I lived in Allen TX for 13 years, great town and community, both of my kids attended their schools up to graduation. The entire community supports their Allen Eagles.
Sports revenues allow middle class people a shot at an elite education. UCLA, Univ of Texas, Univ of Michigan are excellent schools because they make tons of cash off sports, which go to fund research projects, high-end lab facilities and some of the best libraries in the world. If they relied on merely tax dollars and donations, they'd be ramshackle schools.
This reporter needs to understand and report how the tax funding works before she reports on it. Also, understand that Allen is an affluent city with some of the best schools in the state not to mention some of the best paid teachers in the state. She also needs to report that the bond package that was passed was for $120 million of which half went into the fine arts program that benefits several thousand of the students.
Do some research and a better job of reporting the facts.
What do you expect when a network like Al Jazeera who is clueless about American Football, tries to portray us as only caring about Football only and nothing else.
Are u kidding me we have one of the best education programs including the steam center like bruh wth are they talking about
It because of Texas’s education model we have some of the best high schools in the nation and some of the worst, rich areas= really good school
The people voted for it so I'd say the majority are fine with it.
It's still a great example of stupid priorities
@@fozzyozzy1030 not really.
Hey I go to Allen high school we deserve our field we work hard for our school also I have no idea where u got ur facts about our school not having a good education system but it’s amazing and we are ranked near the top 1% so... ya
I love going to the Allen games each Friday 😁 first game is this Friday. I love going to school here
That's my school and I love to play in that stadium
friday night lights in texas>>>>>
0:40 BAW GOD ALMIGHTY ITS JIM ROSS
This is all supposed to be a guilt-wridden piece criticizing the community for basically doing what they please by being able to build a huge high school football stadium. Factually they have one of the best school districts in America. Not surprisingly they try to bring up the "think about the children" tactic, which again goes back to my previous remark that the education is doing great in Allen. This is just me, but I bet if this wasn' taking place in Texas or the south, which millions of people love to hate on, then this wouldn't be such a big deal.
i wanna go to texas now.
Hey, Texans like me love high school football!
We don’t take away ANY money from our schools music and arts programs. Allen had the money and we NEEDED a new stadium, our old one just can’t fit as many people as needed to watch football
Why do the art classes have to recycle clay then? I never got to keep a single art project. My mom, a single parent, had to buy my supplies. The school didn't give funding to anything but football. They wasted their broadcasting studio. Students knew arts programs were hurting for funding and how corrupt the school district is.
@@jessicah3450 not gonna lie Allen high school probably spends a lot of money on art too. It’s just a really rich school
They should the high school lunchroom
So sad to see tax money not spent on the teachers... :/
Nexus Yang
Nexus Yang I don’t know where you live but in Texas you can’t use tax money for teachers salaries however just for your information, the teachers in Allen ISD are some of the highest paid in the state.
jacobv24 y'all Allen Texas ppl love defending this stupid stadium for some reason
Nexus Yang our teachers are paid well and some are over qualified we have a member of MENSA as a teacher. They teach and the enjoy teaching. That is only a fraction of what the school brings in.
ph3nomx24 maybe because it’s the nicest high school stadium???
Not true actually 65 million tax dollars where spent on the stadium, I don’t understand why people have such a problem with it because Collin county is making hella profit from that stadium Allen is easily pulling in millions every year, including the state its self also increasing the value of real estate and business around the area etc
60 million + 5 million in repairs
I went to this high school, and if you weren't in football, it sucked. I remember in ceramics class, we didn't get to keep most of our projects, because they had to recycle the clay. There was zero funding for anything but football.
They don’t have one of the worst schooling systems, this high school is one of the highest ranked ones in the country. When people say that Texas doesn’t have good education they aren’t talking about this one.
School Teachers and the Police are similar in some respect...Hazardous occupation, with little pay.
Thomas Schick this is one of the richest school districts
They should be concerned with a Katy ISD high school that is potentially violating a law as it relates to band fees and the shakedown of students who want to exempt from their final exams. There’s also potentially some financial issues with a band booster club. Leslie Haack, Deputy Superintendent of Katy ISD is aware of the issues, seemingly has done nothing about it.
had to brag i played middle school football in a stadium that seated 11,000 people in Houston
What can they say... football is more hyped and fun to watch
Anyone watching in 2021? Would definitely like to go to this place.
Prosper is building theres
Lmao McKinney with the 1 up
Did they forget to donate money to Israel?
Possibly the world most probably In europe at least highschool sports don't attract any more than a few hundred spectators so if its the most expensive in america its probably the most in the world
can anyone come up with a solid amount of money it will take to improve education? public education funding has increased steadily without producing better students.
We are one of the top schools in the nation for public education. I'm in school right now.
And what about the people who are losing their houses due to property taxes. Is Texas going to take the houses from people who lost their jobs due to manufacturing going to foreign countries? Is Texas going to take the houses from people who are disabled but cannot afford the Property Taxes that have been raised to build these stadiums? Yes, Texas and every other state in the United States has been taking peoples houses and building stadiums. The local governments are regularly taking people's homes because they lose their jobs or become sick or disabled. They use the property tax as a method to tell you that you do not, nor ever will own your home.
What is Social Security? Social Security is when people are allowed to buy their own homes for their own security in their old age. But why are people paying for Social Security when the county takes their homes to build and operate a football stadium. So they are sacrificing both Education and Social Security to build these stadiums and at the same time they are taking your house for pennies on the dollar and selling your homes to their friends, all of which is totally against the Constitution.
I'm a disabled vet and they were going to take my home for a mere $8,000. The Take Notice said that I can come to the hearing but I cannot redeem my home. When I spoke to the Tax Assessors Office, they said that they will take everything, including my books, TV, furniture, clothing, vehicles and everything, plus send my dogs to the pound. This is Terrorism at it's finest. When the fat man in the grand stands says that it is worth it for building the stadium, but let us see that fat man go without food or a place to live knowing that the money that the county used from it's Property Tax went so a bunch of under educated kids can play ball.
In a town near me, a town of 500 people, there were 17 tax notices sent out and these homes are being stolen for the profit of people who have enough money to pay the taxes. The Constitution says that we have Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. That's in the Preamble. But the very first thing we need for life is shelter, then water, then food. With the Property Tax issue, your own government is taking the life from each one of you so the rich kids could play football.
I remember when I wanted to play in High School. They said that I had expenses for uniforms and other things. I'm sorry, my mom and I lived in a house that was eight feet by thirty five feet and we would have a can of tomato soup for dinner. We couldn't afford the football equipment so I didn't get to play. Why didn't the county give us poor kids free uniforms, we have the right to play too. But what is really happening? The county is taking the houses from those same poor people and selling them to the rich people so that the rich people can rent those same houses out to other poor people. This is criminal. It's called Theft, Extortion, Intimidation, and Terrorism against anyone in the U.S. that owns a house and cannot pay their ever increasing tax bill. Tell that to that fat guy who thinks that it's worth it. I was a skinny kid who grew up with hand me down pants and holes in my shoes.
C. Jeff Dyrek, Disabled Vet.
Jeffrey Dyrek first of all thank you for your service. Also, Allen is a great school. People chose to have that stadium
The residents voted to create a $120 bond to fund the stadium and a state of the art auditorium for arts. Half of the bond went to each. Funny no one complains about the auditorium though.
You're looking at it wrong. I thank you for your service but Allen is very rich not only as a school but as a city. We are doing well
Thank you for you service and I’m sorry this has happened to you
if i could make my school field better,
I would
Of course it’s worth it
Texas hsfb is crazy in missouri there is like 2 bleachers
I go to allen the facts are not really right and I'm in football
what a joke
Eliot Allen is my rep dad now
Step
For all you haters, I am an Allen Eagle, and I would LOVE to see your high school team even TRY to beat our team!!
RainbowDiamond25 MC 2017 state champs! A-Up
America First A-Up!
NCTROOPER 336 yeah right.
NCTROOPER 336 try us
NCTROOPER 336 ha! We are five time state champions, and we are also completely undefeated! Try us. You will loose
Mikenny has the worst football team ! I as a c team last line beaten them in the last game of football thats howmuch they suck and they were playing with their b team meaning 2nd best and we were playing with out c team meaning 3rd best and we still won 🏆
Man and people wonder why the education system is failing.
they also put alot of that money into the performing arts center and i have learned so much
Do you not realize how much money football brings in for school's ? Not to mention the feeling it gives us students
Bro we're number 26 in the nation for public education
America First and number 1 in Texas. I attend this school. Allen Eagles fight fight fight!
RainbowDiamond25 MC I want to Allen,it’s right down the street from Plano and the atmosphere there is crazy. Sadly I live in Louisiana,one of the worst states for education.
The thing is if they did the research. They would know that it wasn’t Funded entirely by taxpayers It was mostly funded by boosters and private donations
Then why is it on the ballot every election, or do you even vote?
Lmaoo i go to this school
AJ whaddup bro
football sucks
Jash Rock like the nba with the same teams in the titles.
Big Rock you suck